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Professor Eliot Quataert Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
![Prof. Eliot Quataert](https://astro.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/quataert-NAS.jpg)
Professor of Astronomy and Department Chair Eliot Quataert has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Quataert is a theoretical astrophysicist who specializes in compact objects, galaxy formation and plasma astrophysics.
Quataert is one of three new NAS members from UC Berkeley.
Congratulations!